Senior Accountant

City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency (BURA); Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

Job summary

The City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency (BURA) seeks a Senior Accountant to lead accounting and record keeping, including accounts payable and receivable, payroll allocations for grants, and project cost reconciliations. The role reports to the Director of Financial Control of Agencies and requires residency within the City of Buffalo, NY.

The position involves collaboration with BURA and City staff to ensure accurate reporting and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting with one year of non-profit or governmental accounting experience, or MBA with one year of non-profit or governmental accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly close process, creating financial statements and reporting.
• Analyze financial statements and prepare monthly variance and analysis reports.
• Prepare or review monthly bank reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly payroll allocations related to grants activities.
• Perform account reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.
• Maintain fixed assets schedule and reconciliations.
• Collaborate with BURA and City staff on project cost reconciliations.
• Assist in general ledger functions including posting journal entries.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting OR MBA

Job description

Join a agency responsible for implementing and managing economic housing and community programs, for single and multi-family housing, home repair, rehabilitation, weatherization and other citywide planning efforts.

As a condition of employment, appointee must establish and maintain residency within the City of Buffalo, NY during their tenure of employment.

Under the general supervision of the Director of Financial Control of Agencies, the Senior Accountant will serve as lead accountant in the accounting and record keeping of the organization, including accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. In addition, the Senior Accountant will be responsible for assisting with the supervision and training of FCA staff who perform accounting functions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage monthly close process, creating financial statements and reporting
• Analyze financial statements and prepare monthly variance and analysis reports as needed
• Prepare or review monthly bank reconciliations prepared by accounting staff
• Prepare monthly payroll allocation entries in relation to grants activities, as needed
• Perform account reconciliations of balance sheet accounts
• Reconcile and maintain fixed assets schedule
• Performing monitoring work that requires a high degree of judgement in the application of accounting principles and practices
• Prepare financial reports, review of contracts and payroll related items
• Inventory control of accounting files
• Monitor program requisitions, and gather information for outside auditor requests for loan information
• Review and process loan packages for encumbrance requests, set up encumbrances in the HUD system, certify the availability of funds for the encumbrance request, track and reconcile budget available balances between the accounting system and the HUD system for accuracy, and ensure expense eligibility relative to the programs
• Will work in collaboration with BURA and City of Buffalo staff to complete project cost reconciliations
• Will provide customer service to internal/external customers
• Will assist in all other general ledger functions as required, including posting of journal entries

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting with one (1) year of non-profit or governmental accounting experience OR MBA with one (1) year of non-profit or governmental accounting experience
• Medical, dental and vision plan options